Father Lin still wanted to use the fact that Yuanchun had supposedly caused his son's death to pressure her into dropping the police report and not asking for money, hoping to just let the matter slide. Yuanchun, however, retorted indignantly, "Was it really because of me that Haijun went up the mountain to hunt?"
"Father, the night before Haijun went up the mountain, I heard Mother say her mouth felt tasteless and she was craving meat. That is why Haijun went hunting. It was clearly Mother who caused Haijun's death, yet your whole family wants to pin this blame on me. I won't carry it."
The Lin family wanted to put on a show; of course, Mother Lin hadn't actually said those words, but since Yuanchun said she had, then she had. Whether Mother Lin had said it or not, once the rumor spread, who would believe her denials? The Lin family wanted to make her the scapegoat, so she would pin the blame squarely on Mother Lin.
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